Thursday April 14 at 4:45 PM in Hum 401
2022 Phi Beta Kappa Lecture
Prof. Howard Bloch
Notre Dame Cathedral and the Rise of the University
Gothic cathedrals were great engines of urban renewal in the High Middle Ages. The great religious work projects contributed to the revival of trades and to the new institutions of medieval towns. Not the least of these was the University of Paris, which grew out of the cathedral school of Notre-Dame in the second half of the twelfth century. Using three sculptural programs on the outer walls of Notre-Dame alongside the example of Abelard, we shall examine the ways in which stories carved in stone— the Miracle of Theophilus, the martyrdom of Saint Stephen, and scenes of student life— affirm the power of disputation, writing, and the book culture which flourished just up the street.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Howard_Bloch
Monday, Feb. 28th, 4:45 p.m., HUM 226
Fanon: Yesterday, Today
Hassane Mezzine
screening of multiple award-winning film followed with Q&A
You will then have the opportunity to ask directly questions to its filmmaker, Hassane Mezzine who will take the time to explain why Frantz Fanon was/is important and how he did this film about him.
“From yesterday to today, filmmaker Hassane Mezine turns his camera towards women and men who knew and shared privileged moments with Frantz Fanon, the “flint warrior,” as per this beautiful formula by Aime Césaire,
in the course of the struggle, but also in family and friendly intimacy.
The director brings the viewer on a journey from the homeland to the foci of political and social struggles passing through the land where Fanon is buried.”
“Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity.” –Frantz Fanon
If you want to read more on this topic:
https://www.fanon-hier-aujourdhui.com/
https://globalsocialtheory.org/thinkers/franz-fanon/
Tuesday, November 9 at 4:45 PM in Humanities 401.
Ainsi Parla La Mer/ Men Sa Lanmè Di/ Thus Spoke the Sea (2020, 49′)
Arnold Antonin
The film will be followed by a Q and A session with the filmmaker.
Arnold Antonin has made 17 documentaries and several fiction films. He is considered one of the pioneers of Haitian
Cinema. During the Duvalier dictatorship, he lived in exile in Venezuela between 1973 and 1986. Upon returning to Haiti,
he created a cultural center where he trains young filmmakers, the Centre Simon Bolivar. His films have received several
awards at the International African Film Festival of FESPACO. In 2002 he received the Djibril Diop Manbéty Prize for his
documentary on Courage de femmes, Courageous Women at the Cannes Festival.
In Thus Spoke the Sea, the sea tells its story along with the Haitian people. It reveals its riches, its secrets, and it invites us
to listen to the consequences of climate change in the most poetic way.
Let’s listen to it. Ecoutons-la. Koute li.